This where you'll hear about my musical "finds" both old and new. This blog will also include reviews on any live music events that I attend. For the most part I won't be doing any negative reviewing though because I'd rather spend my time telling you about the good stuff I've found instead of wasting time discussing the stuff not worth discussing.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

DARRELL MANSFIELD BAND / GET READY

Digitized from the original vinyl, released in 1980 on Polydor Records.Format: Mp3Bit Rate: 320 kbpsALBUM INFO:Produced By: Skip Conte An I.A.M. ProductionRecorded, Mixed and Mastered At: International Automated Media, Irvine, CaliforniaEngineers: Richard Donaldson, Willie Harlan, Scott SpainAssistant Engineers: Brook Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Jock ConteMix & Mastering: Richard DonaldsonCover Art: Dan SnebergerTRACK LISTING:Get ReadyMr. Rock 'N RollAbove The WaterBilly JoeHeaven SouthwesternNever Be The SamePower Of LoveLife Saver THE PLAYERS: Darrell Mansfield - Vocals, HarmonicaDennis Carothers - Gujitars, VocalsAnthony Dean - GuitarsJimmy Perez - Bass, VocalsSkip Konte - Keyboards, SynthesizersGuests:Paul Angers - DrumsDonny Vosburgh - DrumsCharlie Sousa - BassWEBSITE(S):http://www.darrellmansfield.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_MansfieldREVIEW: By Yours TrulyThis is an album I dug out of the dusty confines of my record collection the other day and rediscovered again. I played it and wondered why in the hell I hadn't tagged it as a top 10% effort from my collection. This is a great rockin' record pretty much all the way around. The 8 tunes are tight, well performed and like I said.....rockin'.....I can't really go into a whole lot of detail at this point because I'm still refamliarizing myself with it, but I can't imagine any lover of good bluesy, R&R not at least lilking this one if not loving it. What surprised me is that I always had considered this band and Darrell himself as a one album effort for the simple reason I'd never seen another album with his name on it, but after a net search the other night I was amazed to find that this effort is the 3rd DMB album and there are many more after it, right up until current times. He has an interesting life story that I spent awhile reading and now I'm on the hunt for more Darrell Mansfield. Give this one a go and maybe you'll be searching for more from Darrell along with me........CONTACT:READ THIS for more information on this album.